Google To Block Election Ads After Polls Close

The blocking is likely to continue for at least seven days after Nov. 3, after which it will be reviewed on a weekly basis, Google told advertisers, per Axios.

Remember The Golden Age Of Media Training? It Was The Real Thing

I learned something from Spark Foundry’s new “Audio Academy.” I learned that the days when agency internal media training programs were autonomous, neutral and not subject to influence from the media
supply chain may be over.

Hulu Creates Spooky Drive-In for Halloween to Celebrate the Breadth of Horror Content

Spooky season is quite a busy time for Hulu. The streaming service reported members viewed more than 6 billion minutes of horror content on the platform in 2019. To engage horror fans around Hulu’s Halloween-centric new releases and library titles this year, the brand is hosting a Huluween drive-in experience in Los Angeles. The brand…

The Answer To Annoying Digital Video Ads: Run More

Perhaps digital ads are not that annoying, just small in stature. Running on TV gets them big-screen approval — a minor-league phenom making it to the big leagues.

Instagram Begins Prepping Retailers for the Holiday Season

The holiday shopping season is The Season for Shops on Instagram. The Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing network Monday rolled out a complete guide for retailers looking to prepare for the most lucrative time of the year. The Season for Shops provides details on creating a digital storefront using Commerce Manager and then using shopping tags…

Why Dreamers Are Crucial to the Future of the Industry—and Country

There are 700,000 young individuals such as myself who are living under the protection of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). We do not know when our safety in this country is no longer guaranteed. Yet, this has not stopped us from persevering. DACA recipients contribute more than $42 billion to the annual GDP…

Tobaccowala Joins Trendline Board

Long-time industry veteran and Publicis Groupe executive Rishad Tobaccowala has joined the board of directors of email consulting and professional services firm Trendline.

Tobaccowala is
currently a senior adviser to Publicis Groupe and previously was its Chief Growth Officer and Chief Strategist.

Judge Temporarily Halts U.S. Ban Of TikTok Downloads

The court order temporarily stopping the Trump Administration from blocking the sale of the TikTok app in U.S. app stores is sealed, so the reasoning behind it is not yet publicly known. But the
parties involved are set to weigh in this morning (Sept.28) on whether it can be unsealed.